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The Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens was established in 1914 in order to collect,
study, preserve and exhibit the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine cultural heritage found
in Greece.
The museum is located at 22 Vasillisis Sofias avenue, a short walk from the Evagelismos
Metro station.
The museum collection contains approximately 30,000 works of art such as icons, sculptures,
ceramics, ecclesiastical textiles, paintings, jewelry and architectural elements, wall paintings
and mosaics.
The
permanent exhibition is divided in two main parts: The first is devoted to the Byzantine
period (4th -15th c. AD) and contains 1200 artifacts. In the second entitled "From Byzantium
to the modern era" presents 1500 artworks dating back from the 15th to the 20th century.